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Strategic Plan 2021 to 2025

Agency vision

A more sustainable and prosperous future through our energy, building and procurement services.

Agency purpose

To make the best use of our energy resources, deliver a safer, fairer, and sustainable building and construction industry, and support government asset management and procurement functions.

Government objectives

We contribute to the following Government objectives for the community:

  • Supporting jobs
  • Backing small business
  • Building Queensland
  • Growing our regions
  • Investing in skills
  • Backing our frontline services
  • Protecting the environment

Agency objectives and KPIs

Deliver safe, secure, sustainable and affordable energy for Queensland

  • Renewable energy as percentage of total energy consumed in Queensland
  • Average time to assess electricity and gas licences

Embed robust procurement practices and expert government fleet management

  • Operating cost of managed spend on general goods and services
  • Achieve annual targets to transition electric vehicles into the fleet
  • Percentage spend on Small to Medium Enterprises in Queensland Government Procurement

Provide value-adding design, building policy, public works and asset management services that boost Queensland’s growing communities

  • ROI on commercial properties included in Government’s office portfolio
  • Maintenance spend on QBuild’s customers’ facilities with local suppliers
  • Successful QBuild apprentice completions
  • Local workers inducted on major project sites

Strategies

What we do

Energy

  • Manage Queensland’s energy resources to provide affordable, reliable and sustainable energy.
  • Support and grow Queensland’s renewable energy sector and emerging hydrogen industry.

Procurement

  • Embed the Buy Queensland approach to procurement in government.
  • Provide safe, fit-for-purpose and environmentally responsible fleet management services to government agencies.

Building

  • Deliver safe, efficient and environmentally sustainable management of government property.
  • Manage building, construction and maintenance activities and programs.
  • Deliver major projects.
  • Contribute to a safe, fairer and more sustainable building and construction industry

How we do it

Workforce

  • Build a culture of high performance, accountability and responsibility.
  • Retain and grow our workforce expertise.

Strategic opportunities

We will leverage opportunities to:

  • Progress the Queensland Renewable Energy Target
  • Build a sustainable hydrogen industry
  • Support jobs right across Queensland
  • Enable a safe, sustainable built environment.

Strategic risks

We will manage our strategic risks to:

  • maintain the wellbeing and capability of our workforce to meet customer and community expectations
  • maintain and improve standards to ensure safety, fairness and sustainability in the building and construction industry
  • efficiently manage government property and vehicle assets to meet the expectations of customers and stakeholders
  • ensure best value for Queenslanders from government expenditure to support regional communities and local businesses.

Human rights

We will respect, protect and promote human rights in our decision making and actions.

Our acknowledgement

We acknowledge the traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owners of country throughout Queensland and  pay our respects to their culture and Elders past, present and future.

Download the plan

Department of Energy and Public Works Strategic Plan 2021 to 2025 (PDF, 279.42 KB)

Previous Energy and Public Works Strategic Plan

Department of Energy and Public Works Strategic Plan 2020-24 (PDF, 490.21 KB)

Last updated: 
2 June 2021